Fleets – Page 966

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    Boeing pays the price for production crisis

    1997-10-29T00:00:00Z

    The full financial impact of Boeing's growing commercial production and delivery crisis has been revealed, with costs estimated at $2.6 billion attributed to late deliveries and recovery plans. The bulk of the costs, some $1.6 billion, are associated with penalty payments for late deliveries in the third quarter, ...

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    EC will inspect Delta's new Boeing sole-supplier deal

    1997-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Delta Air Lines has signed a definitive 20-year, 644-aircraft, sole-supplier contract with Boeing, but says that the manufacturer cannot enforce any exclusivity provisions unless permitted by the European Commission(EC). The EC has said that it will examine the contract, which Boeing maintains meets the terms imposed as a ...

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    FedEx leads orders for rigid cargo bulkhead

    1997-10-29T00:00:00Z

    FedEx is to replace the nylon nets used in its fleet of older widebody aircraft to protect crew from the hazards of loose cargo pallets, with a new rigid cargo bulkhead from US structures specialist Tolo. The barrier is based on Tolo's patented Grid-Lock technology and is formed ...

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    ARIA concludes deal to lease II-96M/Ts

    1997-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Aeroflot Russian International Airlines (ARIA) has reached agreement to acquire its Pratt & Whitney PW2337-powered 20 Ilyushin Il-96M/Ts through lease financing rather than direct purchase. ARIA's order includes 17 passenger Il-96Ms and three Il-96T freighters, to be purchased by a joint-venture leasing company established by the National Reserve ...

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    Saab ready to close regional-aircraft lines as orders dry up

    1997-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Julian Moxon/PARIS Saab Aircraft will shut down production of its 340 and 2000 turboprops in 1998 and leave the regional-airliner market altogether, unless new orders can be secured by the end of 1997. In a statement, Saab warns that the decision could come as soon as ...

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    Stretched 777 takes to the air

    1997-10-22T00:00:00Z

    The first Boeing 777-300 had a "flawless" maiden flight from the company's Everett site on 16 October, completing the 4h 6min test mission at Boeing Field, Seattle, with no technical problems. Boeing 777 programme chief pilot Frank Santoni says: "We spent 4h shaking the aircraft down thoroughly. You ...

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    Airbus aims at A320 production boost

    1997-10-22T00:00:00Z

    Airbus Industrie chief operating officer Volker Von Tein has raised the possibility of an increase in the production rate of the A320 family from the planned 18 per month - but only if the consortium secures an order for 120 aircraft from US Airways. The current rate of ...

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    China Eastern Airlines adds first MD-90 to its fleet

    1997-10-22T00:00:00Z

    Shanghai-based China Eastern Airlines has taken delivery of the first two of nine 157-seat Boeing MD-90s on order under China's 40-aircraft TrunkLiner programme, 20 of which are being built at the Douglas Products Division in Long Beach. The remaining 20 are being produced by the Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Factory. ...

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    China Airlines begins fleet modernisation

    1997-10-22T00:00:00Z

    China Airlines (CAL) is undertaking a fleet-modernisation programme, phasing out its older Boeing 747s from passenger operations, and closing on an order for ten long-range widebodies. Two of the carrier's three remaining Pratt & Whitney JT9D-powered Boeing 747- 200Bs will be removed from the fleet for conversion by ...

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    American 777 decision holds key to engine-growth plans

    1997-10-22T00:00:00Z

    American Airlines has been given until 3 November by Boeing to define its 777 fleet requirements as engine makers General Electric and Rolls-Royce study growth powerplants for the proposed long-range -200X and stretched -300X versions in response to a revised request for proposals from the US carrier. American ...

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    Air Littoral cancels Bombardier CRJ options

    1997-10-22T00:00:00Z

    Air Littoral has cancelled options for five Bombardier CanadairRegional Jets (CRJs) due to be delivered in 1998. The action follows a pilots' strike begun on 13 October and was still under way as Flight International went to press. The dispute, which has hit up to 60% of flights, ...

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    Unions side with Boeing in Sabena order battle

    1997-10-22T00:00:00Z

    Unions at Sabena have intervened in the fight between Boeing and Airbus to secure a contract to replace the carrier's Boeing 737-200 with a threat of industrial action if the airline decides in favour of the Airbus A319. The Belgian flag carrier is due to make a decision ...

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    Volga-Dnepr leases Tu-204Cs

    1997-10-22T00:00:00Z

    Volga-Dnepr is to take two Tupolev Tu-204C-120 freighters equipped with Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4B engines on lease in a deal about to be signed with the leasing company Sirocco Aerospace International. The Russian cargo airline is also spending nearly $30 million upgrading its Antonov An-124 fleet. Volga-Dnepr president Alexei Isaikin ...

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    Tunisair is first Arab customer for A319

    1997-10-22T00:00:00Z

    Tunis Air has signed a contract for seven A320-family aircraft. The four A320s and three A319s will make it the first customer for the smallest Airbus in both Africa and the Arab world. Tunis Air, which operates eight CFM International CFM56-powered A320s and one A300B4, will take its ...

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    Airbus transformation progresses

    1997-10-22T00:00:00Z

    The process of transforming Airbus Industrie into a fully fledged company is back on track, with a joint statement from the four consortium partners that they now plan to see the new structure in place by the start of 1999. The partners confirm that they will work towards ...

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    Air China steps towards 1998 listing

    1997-10-22T00:00:00Z

    Air China has begun the first steps towards a public flotation in 1998, becoming the last of the mainland China's big three carriers to go for a listing following successful launches by China Southern and China Eastern in New York and Hong Kong. According to China's state-run media, ...

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    Air China settles on Next Generation 737

    1997-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Air China has opted for the Next Generation Boeing 737 to meet its long-standing requirement for a new narrow-body jet airliner, as part of a $1.5 million China Aviation Supplies (CASC) order for 30 new Boeing aircraft expected to be announced at the end of October. CASC will ...

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    ARIA covers Il-96M delay with leased 777s

    1997-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Aeroflot-Russian International Airlines (ARIA) is to take two GE90-powered Boeing 777-200s on a seven-year lease from International Lease Finance. The aircraft will be delivered in 1998 and will initially give the airline capacity to cover for the expected delay to the delivery of the first of 17 Iluyshin Il-96Ms it ...

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    Airtours denies plans for A330 but closes on fleet decision

    1997-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Airtours International is close to deciding on an order for new long-haul aircraft from Airbus or Boeing, but the airline denies that it has any plans to introduce Airbus A330s in 1998. According to Mike Lee, managing director of the Manchester, UK-based charter airline, decisions will be made ...

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    Air UK finalises order for five ATR 72-200's

    1997-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Air UK has signed its long-expected deal with Aero International (Regional) for five ATR 72-200s. The contract, worth $70 million, includes a firm order for four aircraft and an option on a fifth (Flight International, 27 August-2 September). Deliveries of the ATRs to Stansted, UK-based Air UK, will ...